TV NOTES & NEWS
CHICAGO — Daredevil Nik Wallenda's next tightrope walk will be more than 50 stories high from one high-rise building to another over the Chicago River.
Wallenda, 35, will attempt the feat without a net or harness. It will be broadcast live on the Discovery Channel at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, the network said. Wallenda will start the walk at one of the two Marina Towers buildings, then travel more than two city blocks across the river on an uphill 15-degree angle to the Leo Burnett Building.
Wallenda will then make a second tightrope walk from one Marina Tower building to the other.
Discovery said dozens of cameras across the city and on helicopters will capture the spectacle. Wallenda has walked across the Niagara Falls and Grand Canyon in the past two years.
LOS ANGELES — A correspondent on Jon Stewart's “The Daily Show” is joining “Saturday Night Live.”Comedian Michael Che will handle “Weekend Update” duties with Colin Jost during the show's 40th season.Che, who wrote for “SNL” last season, had joined Stewart's Comedy Central show earlier this year. In an August episode focused on the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Mo., Che appeared as a reporter trying to find a safe place in America for a black man.Che is replacing Cecily Strong on the “Weekend Update” desk. Strong will stay with “SNL” as a cast member, NBC said.“Saturday Night Live” returns for its new season at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande.
